Court papers say company has made progress in restructuring plan, settlement of various legal claims

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. and a group of its lenders are seeking to block a creditor group from bringing more lawsuits in the casino company’s litigation-heavy bankruptcy.

CEOC and the senior lenders that have already committed their support for the company’s restructuring filed papers on Friday opposing the official committee of unsecured creditors’ request to bring lawsuits the committee says CEOC can’t or won’t.